Tree-heater.



I L. M. WILSON.

TREE HEATER. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 22. 1912.

$054,955; I Patented Mar.4, 1913.

IN VE/V TOR 7W i I. I ATTOHNEi s.

T 0 all whom it mac cone UNITED. STATES LUTHER M. WILSON.

PATENT 0m OF HOUSTON, TEXAS.

TREE-,H EA TER purpose of generating a d and so constructed-that from or placed beneath; small trees or shrubs for the purpose of i'aisiit'g tl1e temperature of the at-:1 osphere surrounding the. same, in order to protect said trees @or shrubs or the fruit thereof from being injured by reason of the cold.

Another object of the invention is to provide means for protecting the branches contacting with the heater against being burned or injured by the heat.

A still further feature of the invention resides in the provision of means for protecting the flame against strong air currents, thereby preventing the flame from being extinguished by the wind.

ith the above and other objects in view, the invention has particular relation to certain novel features of construction and ar rangcment of parts. an example of which is given in this specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein the figure is a sectional side elevation of the complete device.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, the nuineral gl refers to a fuel receptacle which preferably cylindrical in form and composed of sheet metal and which is provided with the ordinary burner 2 which screws into al circiilar orifice .in the top thereof and which is provided with a wick 3 extending down into the fuel in the ordinary manner.- This-receptacle is provided with an a-nnulai'fupstanding flange 4 around the topt-hereof 'fqra purpose to be hereinafter specified, i

The numeral 5 des'i nates a surrounding loose wiremesh fabrin-wliich is cylindrical in shape and to the'bottbm of which is secured cylindrical -bantliti composed of sheet metal whose, lciiver enrl fits closely within the upstanding fiange *1. This band is of suflicient widthgf extend up slightly above the burner Q'and protects said burner ,Spcc incationpft ters Patent.

. feiition is to provide adevice' of the characterfdescribed. for the Y distributing heat ih'ay be suspended Patented Mar. 4, 1913. 912. Serial No. 716,364.

gainst the currents of air which would therwise extinguish the flame thereof. Seed upon the burncr 2 and surrounding I Qsed of sheet metal and which is provided to-protectthe flame and to cause a complete nibustion of the oil which flows from the eceptacle through the burner wick. This and the flue extends up a considerable distance above the burner and arranged there- 'above is a deflector 9 which is circular in shape and whose outer edge has a dependflange .10 which surrounds and'extends some distance below the upper end of the "flue. The deflector distributes the heat .passing up through said flue and the depending flange thereof wards off the air currents which would otherwise have a tendencyto blow down the flue and extinguish the flame. This deflector is arranged down in the surrounding fabric, some distance.

below the top thereof and is somewhat less in diameter than the diameter of the surrounding wire mesh cylinder so as not to contact therewith and heat the same and the deflector is secured in place by suitable hooks 11.-

The numeral 1). refers to a bail which is 5 preferably composed of wire which extends across the top of the device, \as shown in the figure, and down each side thereof and terminates at each end in an inwardly extendinghook 13, which projects through v withdrawn from the orifices 14 and 15 and 109 the fuel receptacle 1 and the flue 7 carried thereby then readily removed from the wire mesh cylinder of the heater.

' That I claim is l "1. uding a fuel receptacle and an upstanding flange extending around the top thereof, a burner carried by said receptacle, a cylindrical shaped flue surrounding said burner andsupported thereon and having its up- 110, per end open, a metallic band resting upon said receptacle within said flange, said e' flame thereof is the flue 7 which is com- 6 he is providedwith a transparent window This bail rests in suitable notches A device of the character described inflange and band having coinciding orifices on each side, a cylindrical body composed of wire mesh fabric secured to the upper edge of said band and surrounding said flue, a circular shaped deflector secured in said cylindrical shaped body and above said flue, a rim depending from the edge of said,

ported thereon and having its upper end' open, a metallic band resting upon said receptacle and surrounding said burner and flue whose upper edge extends above the burner, means securing said band and flange together, a cylindrical shaped body composed of wire mesh fabric secured to the upper edge of said band and surrounding said flue and extending above the same, a circular shaped deflector secured above said flue, and a rim secured to the edge of said deflector and depending therefrom, whose lower edgeextends below the upper end of said flue.

3. A device of the character described including a fuel receptacle and an upstanding flange extending around the top thereof, a

burner carried by said receptacle, a cylindrical shaped flue surrounding said burner and supported thereon and having its upper end open, a metallic band resting upon said receptacle within said flange, said flange and band having coinciding orifices on each side, a cylindrical body composed of Wire mesh fabric secured to the upper edge of said band and surrounding said flue, a circular shaped deflector secured in said cylindrical shaped body and above said flue, a rim depending from the edge of said deflector and extending below the upper end of the flue, a bail for said device extending across the top thereof and down opposite sides, means securing the bail to the cylindrical body, and a hook carried by each free end of said hail, said hooks extending through the coinciding orifices of said flange and band and securing the same together.

' 4. A device of the character described including 'a fuel receptacle, a burner carried by the top of said receptacle, a cylindrical flue surrounding said burner and supported 'thereon and having its upper end open, a

metallic band resting upon said receptacle and surrounding said burner and flue, whose upper edge extends above the burner, means for securing said'band to said receptacle, a cylindrical shaped body composed of wire mesh fabric secured to the upper edge of said band and surrounding said flue and extending above the same, and a circular shaped deflector secured above the flue, whose rim depends below the upper end of said flue.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LUTHER :fri "ai ii 1 till;

Witnesses MAY Monrcorannv, lvIAUoE ROBERTS. 

